Originally posted by EladarNot sure why Turkey would be considered part of Europe anyhow.

Maybe in a hundred years or so when some Western European nations become majority Muslim nations will Turkey make a better fit.

They are an important country for NATO, Turkey controls the Dardanelles and Bosphorous which means they control access to the Mediterranean from the Black Sea. An alienated Turkey may form an alliance with Russia whose Black Sea fleet would become a strategic asset rather than the local policing force it is now. Europe and the US should not indulge Erdogan, but they need to avoid alienating him as well. The policy of Islamophobia you advocate would lead to their unnecessary alienation.

Says I: let's have your Syrian refugees and refuse you the stick with which you threaten to beat us.

In return we'll send you Wilders and England.

Really. Calling me a nazi?
The Turkish Putin-wanna-be has obviously been buggered by Trump and infected with moronity.

What on Earth does he think his long-term strategy is gonna be in this???

Man... bat faecal crazy stuff.

For the unmoored, the entire world appears crazy--- even when the truth is slapping one square in the nutsack.
For those who are grounded in reality this entire scene played put years ago.
The craziness of the scene is more a reflection of your worldview than anything unexpected.